Senate roll call 42 · 97th Congress · Mar 26, 1981
To amend S. CON. RES. 9, revising the congressional budget for the federal government for fiscal years 1981-1983, by reducing outlays in fiscal 1982 for procure
On Mar 26, 1981, the Senate voted 34–66 (SCONRES 9). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 2–51, Democrats 31–15, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 17 members voted against their own party.
During the 97th Congress (1981–1982), Ronald Reagan was president, and Democrats held the House majority and Republicans the Senate majority.
- Yes
- 34
- No
- 66
- Did not vote
- 1
- Date
- Mar 26, 1981
By party
- Republicans2 yes · 51 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Democrats31 yes · 15 no
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL voted no
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL voted no
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted no
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI voted no
- Alan John Dixon D-IL voted no
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted no
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted no
- George John Mitchell D-ME voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
- Jesse Helms R-NC voted yes
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE voted no
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV voted no
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK voted yes
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted no
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN voted no
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA voted no
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Paul Efthemios Tsongas D-MA
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- John Melcher D-MT
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- J. James Exon D-NE
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Jeremiah Andrew Denton Jr. R-AL
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa R-CA
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Paula Hawkins R-FL
- Mack Francis Mattingly R-GA
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Roger William Jepsen R-IA
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- Alan John Dixon D-IL
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- James Danforth (Dan) Quayle R-IN
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- George John Mitchell D-ME
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- John Porter East R-NC
- Mark Andrews R-ND
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH
- Harrison Hagan Schmitt R-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- James Abdnor R-SD
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- John William Warner R-VA
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
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